Louisville attorneys win suit in Swiss fragrance case

8:44 PM,
Feb. 12, 2014

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Two attorneys from Louisville's Stites & Harbison have won a defense verdict in an $80 million case in which Swiss fragrance giant Givaudan Fragrances Corp. claimed 600 trade secret formulas were stolen by a departing perfumer and given to a rival company.

According to a news release from the firm, lawyer Thad Barnes and David Ousley and other lawyers won the verdict in federal court in New Jersey on Feb. 6 after a five ...